21 July 2012
BRITISH Petroleum (BP) has begun production in the Seth field, located 60 kilometres offshore in the Ras Al-Barr concession in the East Nile Delta.
BRITISH Petroleum (BP) has begun production in the Seth field, located 60 kilometres offshore in the Ras Al-Barr concession in the East Nile Delta.
Seth is being developed with a six well slot. The first two wells accessing the western part of the Seth reservoir are expected to reach 170 million standard cubic feet per day and develop about 240 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas.
"Seth is yet another example of BP's 50 years of commitment to Egypt and longstanding partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum, �EGPC [Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation], and �EGAS [Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company]. We look forward to continuing to play a key role in the development of Egypt's energy sector in order to help meet Egypt's growing energy demands for years to come," said Hisham Mekkawi, regional president of BP Egypt, in a press release.
© Al Ahram Weekly 2012
